“POLA Museum Annex Exhibition 2025” will be held from Friday, February 7th

Group exhibition by six young artists

The POLA Museum Annex (Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) will hold the "POLA Museum Annex Exhibition 2025" from Friday, February 7th to Sunday, April 13th, 2025, in two parts.

The "POLA Museum Annex Exhibition" is a project to introduce artists who have previously completed the overseas training program for young artists, which is one of the grant programs of the POLA Art Foundation, a public interest incorporated foundation. The exhibition is held every year with the aim of showcasing the results of their training and encouraging the artists to use the results in their future creative activities.

In this first half of the exhibition, "Tracing the Roots," artists with diverse cultural backgrounds, including Yusuke Kamata, Tatsuma Takeda, and Anna Scripkariouchiai, will carefully explore their own inner selves, emotions, and values to discover the origins of their expressions.
In the second half of the exhibition, "The Possibilities of Materials," Saya Irie, Tsuyoshi Anzai, and Kanako Tada will maximize their creativity and gain a deep understanding of the characteristics of materials, thereby drawing out their appeal and pursuing the creation of unique expressions never before seen.

In addition, during the event, from Friday, March 7th to Sunday, March 9th, we will also be exhibiting at the international art fair "Art Fair Tokyo," providing an opportunity for many people to see our works, and we also plan to sell them.

By providing a venue for young artists to present their work, the exhibition aims to support their creative activities and promote contemporary art.
*The Grant Program for Overseas Training for Young Artists is aimed at artists under the age of 40, and aims to support overseas training and encourage more active creative activities.

∥ Exhibition Overview ∥

[First half]
Title: Tracing the Roots Period: Friday, February 7, 2025 – Sunday, March 9, 2025 Open throughout the period Participating Artists: Yusuke Kamata, Tatsuma Takeda, Anna Scrippariu Ochiai

[Late Period]
Title: Possibilities of Materials Period: Friday, March 14, 2025 – Sunday, April 13, 2025 Open throughout the period Participating Artists: Saya Irie, Tsuyoshi Anzai, Kanako Tada

[Common to both first and second half]
Organizer: Pola Art Foundation https://www.pola-art-foundation.jp/
Venue: Pola Museum Annex (3rd floor, Pola Ginza Building, 1-7-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061)
Time: 11:00 – 19:00 (Last admission at 18:30)
Admission fee: Free

Art Fair Tokyo 2025

Date: March 7th (Friday) – March 9th (Sunday), 2025
Time 11:00-19:00 *Ends at 17:00 on the final day, the 9th Venue Tokyo International Forum Hall E & Lobby Gallery (3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005)
Exhibitor: Pola Art Foundation (Crossing Section Booth No. C007)

*Tickets are required for admission. For details, please check the official website ( https://artfairtokyo.com/ )

Artist Profile

[First half]
Yusuke Kamata
https://www.yusukekamata.com/

1984 Born in Kanagawa Prefecture
2013 Graduated from the Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Interdisciplinary Art
2019 Pola Art Foundation overseas training course (Korea, USA, Brazil)

<Major Exhibitions>
2024 "You Can't Remember Anymore" Yonago City Museum of Art (Tottori)
2023 “Geopoetics: Changing Nature of Threatened Worlds” National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (Taiwan)
2023 "Home Sweet Home" The National Museum of Art, Osaka
2022 "Busan Biennale 2022" Museum of Contemporary Art, Busan (South Korea)
2022 “Spinning East Asia Series II: A Net (Dis)entangled” CHAT (Hong Kong)

Tatsuma Takeda
www.tatsuma-takeda.com

1988 Born in Kumamoto Prefecture
2013 Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Painting, Oil Painting major
2017 Graduated from the Diploma Program at the Dresden University of Art
2018 Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation Overseas Trainee (Germany)
2020 Completed the Meisterschuler course at the Carsten Nicolai Class of the Dresden University of Fine Arts
2021 Pola Art Foundation Overseas Trainee (Netherlands)

<Major Exhibitions>
2024 "Chronicle (2.5) DIMENSIONS" Culterim | Backshop (Berlin)
2023 "The Course of Change" Kasuya Forest Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanagawa "Be Water" Galerie Eigen + Art, Berlin "Utsusu – Chronicle Vol.2" Villa Heike, Berlin
2022 "Our Attitudes" Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto (Kumamoto)
2021 "Collection Exhibition 1: Inner Cosmology" 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa)

＜Awards＞
2024 Nomura Foundation Arts and Culture Grant
2023 Matsuura Arts Foundation Contemporary Artist Grant
2022 Nomura Foundation Arts and Culture Grant
2022 Kumagai Masatoshi Foundation Contemporary Art Artist Grant
2022 Special Grant from German Art Foundation

Ana Scripcariu-Ochiai
https://www.ana-s-ochiai.com/

1992 Born in Saitama Prefecture
2015 Ishibashi Foundation International Exchange Oil Painting Scholarship (Türkiye, Germany, Poland, England, Scotland)
2016 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting major (Top of the class and representative of the faculty)
2019 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Fine Arts, Master's Program in Global Art Practice
2019 Tokyo University of the Arts, Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Fine Arts, Sculpture
2019 Residence project (Vietnam)
2022-2024 Pola Art Foundation Overseas Trainee (Romania)

<Major Exhibitions>
2024 "Northern Alps International Art Festival 2024" Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture (Nagano)
2024 "New Today's Artists Exhibition 2024: Me in You" Yokohama Civic Gallery (Kanagawa)
2024 "Bucharest Photofest 2024" Bucharest/Romania
2023 Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK) Special Programs “Ladder Project” powered by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Kyoto International Conference Center (Kyoto)
2023 "MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL 2023" "Intersecting Perceptions" Warehouse Terrada (Tokyo)
2023 Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Collection Exhibition "MOMAS no Umi" Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (Saitama)
2023 Study: Osaka Kansai International Arts Festival "Uninhabited Ark" (Osaka)
2021 "TERRADA ART AWARD 2021 Finalist Exhibition" Warehouse Terrada (Tokyo)
2021 "The beginning of my journey is the beginning of your journey" ANB Tokyo (Tokyo)
2020 Artist Project #2.05 "Blessing beyond the borders" The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama (Saitama)
2020 "ENCOUNTERS" ANB Tokyo (Tokyo)
2020 "YAC RESULTS 2020" National Museum of Contemporary Art (Romania)
2020 "Y – generation artists" Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore GINZA ATRIUM・GINZA SIX (Tokyo)
2019 "Bridge" Hoi An (World Heritage Site) (Vietnam)
2019 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Selection Group Exhibition 2019 "Imagine the Constellations – Past, Present, Future" Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Tokyo)
2018 "5th CAF Award (Contemporary Art Foundation Award) Selected Works Exhibition" Daikanyama Hillside Terrace, Hillside Forum (Tokyo)
2018 "Ascending Art Annual Vol.2 Festival, Festival" Wacoal Study Hall, Kyoto (Kyoto)
2018 "Ascending Art Annual Vol.2 Festival, Festival" SPIRAL (Tokyo)

＜Awards＞
2024 "Top 100 Romanians in the World – Ediția 2024" "Top 100 Romanians Active in the World 2024" Arts Category Award by Newsweek Romania & Le Patriot (Romania)
2022 ARTnews Japan “30 ARTISTS U35 2022”
2022 Selected as an artist to be featured on the official website of the Agency for Cultural Affairs' 2022 Japan Media Arts Overseas Development Program (recommended by Mayumi Yamamoto)
2021 Winner of the "TERRADA ART AWARD 2021 Washida Meruro Award"
2021 Nominated for the "37th Higashikawa Town International Photography Festival, Higashikawa Award (New Artist Award)"
2020 Forbes Japan 30 UNDER 30 Award Winner
2020 "Liga Studentilor Romani din Strainatate – LSRS" Artistic Category Grand Prize Winner (Romania)
2020 "YAC RESULTS 2020" Winner SWITCHLAB (Romania)
2019 Finalist for the Comité Colbert Award 2019
2018 Finalist for the 5th CAF Award (Contemporary Art Foundation Award)
2017 Finalist for the 7th New Artists Exhibition, Kawaguchi City Art Gallery Atria (Saitama)
2016 "2015 Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation Project, Oil Painting Major" First Place and Purchase Award
2015: Winner of the Ueno Geiyu Award

[Late Period]
Saya Irie
https://www.sayairie.com

1983 Born in Okayama Prefecture
2008 Exchange student at Berlin Weissensee Academy of Art (Berlin/Germany)
2009 Completed Master's program at the Graduate School of Art and Design, Hiroshima City University
Participated in AIR Totatoga 2016 (Busan/Korea)
2019 Pola Art Foundation Overseas Trainee (New York/USA)
Participated in the 2023 International Studio & Curatorial Program (New York/USA)
Participated in the 2024 ASP Residency Program (Yogyakarta/Indonesia)

<Major Exhibitions>
2024 Solo Exhibition "Cerita Jogja" Project Space hazi (Aichi)
2024 "Constitution of Japan Exhibition 2024" Mujin-to Production (Tokyo)
2023 Solo Exhibition "Daily Monument" Aomori Contemporary Art Center (Aomori)
2023 “Window Gazing Say Hi to Jouissance” 798 Art District (Beijing/China)
2023 "Visiones De Asia" Hashi Gallery (Mexico City/Mexico)
2020 "Sustainable Sculpture" KOMAGOME SOKO, Tokyo
2019 "Seven Lights of the Museum" Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (Hiroshima)
2019 Solo Exhibition "Innocent Ruins – Labyrinth of Love" Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (Hyogo)
2019 "Setouchi Triennale 2019" (Shodoshima/Kagawa)
2018 Solo Exhibition "Radierungen" MICHEKO GALERIE (Munich/Germany)

＜Awards＞
2024 RE Award 2024 (Indonesia)
2023 Nomura Foundation Arts and Culture Grant (USA)
2021 Ogasawara Toshiaki Memorial Foundation COVID-19 Special Grant
2020 Agency for Cultural Affairs Continuing Support for Cultural and Artistic Activities
2014 Okayama Prefecture Emerging Artist Development Award Encouragement Award
2012 6th Shiseido Art Egg Award

Tsuyoshi Anzai
https://an2ai.net/

1987 Born in Saitama Prefecture
2009 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Music, Department of Musical Environment Creation
2011 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Film and New Media Studies
2020 Pola Art Foundation Overseas Trainee (Germany)

<Major Exhibitions>
2024 “Song of the River” Gene Gallery (Shanghai/China)
2022 "EXTENDED PRESENT – TRANSIENT REALITIES" Museum Ludwig (Budapest/Hungary)
2021 Solo Exhibition "Grounded" Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin/Germany)
2020 Solo Exhibition "Aperto 12 Tsuyoshi Anzai "Poly"" 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa)
2019 Solo Exhibition "Healthy Machines" Blue Star Contemporary (San Antonio/USA)
2018 Solo Exhibition "Jailhouse Locke" Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (London/UK)
2016 "Core Exhibition" Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Houston/USA)
2013 "The World is Hunted and Taken" Kawasaki City Museum (Kanagawa)

＜Awards＞
2025 GFX Challenge Grant Program 2024 Regional Grant Award Winner
2015 RBS Bursary Awards 2015 Winner (London/UK)
2014 Chimera Art Award Winner (Budapest/Hungary)

Kanako Tada
https://tadakanako.net/

1989 Born in Hiroshima Prefecture
2012 Graduated from Musashino Art University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Oil Painting
2015: Completed the Musashino Art University Graduate School of Art and Design, Department of Oil Painting
2017 Admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
2017 Hiroshima Scholarship, Hiroshima Peace Creation Fund (Hiroshima)
2020 Pola Art Foundation Overseas Trainee (Austria)
2021 Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation Grants for overseas training for young artists

<Major Exhibitions>
2024 "living library of becomings" VBKÖ (Vienna)
2023 Solo Exhibition "sentencestress" LAVENDER OPENER CHAIR (Tokyo)
2022 "AN DER TAFEL" Medienwerkstatt Wien (Vienna)
2021 "Undoing Landscape" xhibit (Vienna)
2019 "Parallax Trading" Das Weisse Haus (Vienna)

＜Awards＞
2015 Musashino Art University Graduation Exhibition, Excellence Award for Graduation Work

[POLA Museum Annex] Press release

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